DOMINION, noun [Latin See Dominant.] 1. Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling. The dominion of the Most High is an everlasting dominion Daniel 4:3. 2. Power to direct, control, use and dispose of at pleasure; right of possession and use without being accountable; as the private dominion of individuals. 3. Territory under a government; region; country; district governed, or within the limits of the authority of a prince or state; as the British dominions. 4. Government; right of governing. Jamaica is under the dominion of Great Britain. 5. Predominance; ascendant. 6. An order of angels. Whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers. Colossians 1:16. 7. Persons governed. Judah was his sanctuary; Israel his dominion Psalms 114:2.
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